How do I use IBM Cloud with IDrive® e2?
IBM Cloud is a leading provider of open and secure hybrid cloud computing services. You can use IDrive® e2 storage data centers with IBM Cloud data centers, as they are located in close proximity to each other. This ensures that the combination of IBM Cloud + IDrive® e2 provides you with a low-cost, high-performing, and secure compute + storage infrastructure.
IBM Cloud resources can be used to host storage and other applications that can connect to IDrive® e2. The applications hosted on IBM cloud platform can be configured to use the IDrive® e2.
IBM Cloud data centers that are close to IDrive® e2 data centers
| IBM Cloud Data center | IDrive® e2 Data center | Latency in milliseconds |
| Dallas | Dallas | 2 |
| Washington, DC | Virginia | 1.4 |
| San Jose | San Jose | 2 |
| Toronto | Montreal | 15 |
| Frankfurt | Frankfurt | 0.8 |
| London | London | 1.5 |
| Madrid | Paris | 15 |
IDrive® e2 - Benefits and Offerings
- 90% cheaper than AWS S3
- No ingress and egress charges
- No API transaction charges
- Ransomware protection
- Eleven 9s data durability
- Multiple Edge locations
- Deploy data closer to end users
- Faster access and low latency
- Immutable storage with object lock